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Post by Ian Noble on Aug 26, 2022 15:10:03 GMT
DYNASTY FIVE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 2022EVAN MOBLEY New York KnicksThe 2022 Rookie of the Year is awarded to Evan Mobley of the New York Knicks (Arvydas Sabonis)!
Selected second in last year's Rookie Draft Mobley now leads a young dynasty in the making, crafted by Arvydas Sabonis from the bloated corpse that was left behind by Reggie Miller. In two seasons a team led by ageing veterans Hassan Whiteside and Ricky Rubio, who had only managed a 37 win season, has been swiftly metamorphosed into Robert Williams, Tyrese Haliburton and Mobley and the future is looking bright at Madison Square Garden.
Mobley led the Knicks in scoring (22.0ppg), becoming the first ROTY to score more than 20 points per game since Luka Doncic, with decent efficiency (45/36/75) for the full 82 games this season earning himself a ratings boost to 82 by the end of January.
In close second it was hard to go without choosing real-life ROTY, the Bucks's Scottie Barnes, who posted quite similar stats but on a team with 12 less wins in the standings between them. With Barnes scheduled to rise to an 81 rating in Walt's next batch, just 2 rating points behind Mobley, the race for #1 was close this season but not a tie.
It's not often you see a potential franchise cornerstone come to a team homegrown through the Draft and Mobley's ascendance no doubt must be casting Patrick Ewing shaped shadows in the imaginations of all D5 Knicks fans! Who knows what the next decade will hold for Evan Mobley and New York!
Congratulations to Arvydas Sabonis and the New York Knicks! Evan Mobley - 22.0ppg | 8.3rpg | 2.0apg | 2.0bpg | 1.2spg Also in contention: Scottie Barnes - 18.0ppg | 9.4rpg | 3.2apg | 0.9bpg | 1.5spg Franz Wagner - 17.9ppg | 6.5rpg | 3.2apg | 1.0bpg | 1.6spg Cade Cunningham - 11.2ppg | 4.4rpg | 6.7apg | 0.5bpg | 1.5spg
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